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pick up en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (form-of, rare) Rare form of pickup.
    form of pickup

Forms

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pick ups Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

pick up the pieces (Terms derived from the noun or verb pick up) · pick up artist (Terms derived from the noun or verb pick up) · pick up joint (Terms derived from the noun or verb pick up) · pick up stitches (Terms derived from the noun or verb pick up) · pick up truck (Terms derived from the noun or verb pick up) · pick up one's crumbs (Terms derived from the noun or verb pick up) · pick up speed (Terms derived from the noun or verb pick up) · pick up what someone is putting down (Terms derived from the noun or verb pick up) · pick up on (Terms derived from the noun or verb pick up) · pick up line (Terms derived from the noun or verb pick up)

pick up en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise.
    • She came in now, but to the closet; from it she took a simple skirt and blouse. Picking up her underclothing she departed, obviously to dress somewhere else. 1964, Philip K. Dick, “NINE”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 112:
    • Evidently some, or all, of the boars immolated themselves, for the train crew are reported to have picked up three dead boars and continued to Sézanne, the next stop, where they gave them to the local hospital cooks. 1957 December 14, “Wild Boars Charge French Train”, in Railway Magazine, page 840:
    • When you pick up the bag, make sure to support the bottom.
  2. (transitive) To collect or purchase an object, especially in passing.
    • "I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal.[…]" 1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter II, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:
    • For the brass, you don't need to go out and get any specialized hardware. Instead, go pick up a brass nipple at any hardware store for under $20 and cut it down instead. 2026 August 14, Collin Knoff, “Mid-Century Modern Table”, in Popular Woodworking, volume 290, number 4, page 50:
    • Can you pick up a pint of milk on your way home?
  3. (transitive) To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch or contract (a disease).
    • We are constantly being exposed to fungi, whether by picking up spores on our skin or eating food on which fungi are hitchhiking. Most of them won’t take up residence in our bodies. 2022 September 29, Carl Zimmer, “A New Approach to Spotting Tumors: Look for Their Microbes”, in The New York Times:
    • Cars often pick up bits of road tar and asphalt, dried bugs, tree sap, or other debris that’s hard to remove with regular car wash soap. 2020 April 16, Thom Dunn, Rik Paul, “How to Wash and Detail a Car the Right Way”, in The New York Times—Wirecutter:
    • I picked up a cold on my trip last week.
  4. (transitive) To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch or contract (a disease). ▸ To be caught or accused of wrongdoing, usually criminal charges.
    • He picked up a parole violation last month.
  5. (intransitive, transitive) To clean up; to return to an organized state.
    • You made a mess, aren't you going to pick up after yourself?
    • The floor was strewn with bright snips of origami paper, a crumpled drawing, and one dirty sock, which Amy now shoved under the bed with her foot. ¶ "You're lucky," said Marla. "My mother makes me pick up my room every single day." 1967, Beverly Cleary, Mitch and Amy, HarperCollins, published 2009, →ISBN, page 28:
  6. (transitive) To collect a passenger.
    • I'll pick you up outside the library.
    • After picking up a few passengers (most likely heading into Exeter for shopping) and setting a few off (for a day at the beach), we get the 'right away' and continue along the sea wall with its iconic sandstone cliffs on the left. 2023 August 23, Pip Dunn, “The last bastion of the HST 'Castles'”, in RAIL, number 990, page 49:
  7. (transitive) To collect and detain (a suspect).
    • The cops have picked up the man they were looking for.
  8. (transitive) To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc.
    • The story does not seem to have been widely picked up.
    • News of this notice from the university was picked up by local media and had the effect of raising the ire of some citizens who saw this as an attack on ‘Chinese heritage’[.] 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 3:
  9. (intransitive) To improve, increase, or speed up.
    • I was in bed sick this morning, but I'm picking up now.
    • Prices seem to be picking up again.
  10. (intransitive) To restart or resume.
    • The plot picks up where the last film left off. The High Table, the organisation that controls crime around the world, has a multi-million-dollar contract out on Wick, who killed a High Table member. 2023 March 14, Caryn James, “John Wick: Chapter 4: 'Soars above most action films'”, in BBC:
    • Let's pick up where we left off yesterday.
    • Picking up eight years after The Dark Knight left off, the film finds Gotham enjoying a tenuous peace based on Harvey Dent’s moral ideals rather than the ugly truth of his demise. 2012 July 18, Scott Tobias, AV Club, The Dark Knight Rises:
  11. To reach and continue along (a road).
    • Miller brought his car from the underground garage and threaded a way through London's traffic to pick up the A5. 1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 45:
    • Walter decided the best route home was to pick up the A5.
  12. (transitive) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.
    • It looks complicated, but you'll soon pick it up.
  13. (transitive) To receive (a radio signal or the like).
    • With the new antenna, I can pick up stations all the way from Omaha.
  14. (transitive) To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on.
    • Did you pick up his nervousness?
  15. (transitive) To point out the behaviour, habits, or actions of (a person) in a critical manner; used with on.
    • She's always picking me up on my grammar.
  16. (intransitive, transitive, with-on) To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
    • He was in the fabric store not to buy fabric but to pick up women.
    • Xavier—first seen as an adult in First Class trying to pick up a woman in a bar—is impotent, at least metaphorically, and will eventually see all of his luxuriant hair fall out. 2016 May 23, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Apocalypse pits the strengths of the X-Men series against the weaknesses”, in The Onion AV Club:
    • I'll tell you what. You lay off my clients, I'll give you a few pointers picking up women, okay? 1980, Paul Schrader, American Gigolo, spoken by Julian Kaye (Richard Gere):
  17. (intransitive, transitive) To answer a telephone.
    • I'm calling him, but he just isn't picking up!
  18. (intransitive, of a phone) To receive calls; to function correctly.
    • I've tried his home number a couple times, but it isn't picking up.
  19. (transitive) To pay for.
    • The company will pick up lunch with customers for sales calls.
  20. (transitive) To reduce the despondency of.
    • […]they pick me up when I'm feeling blue 1974, Lynyrd Skynyrd, “Sweet Home Alabama”:
  21. (transitive) To take control (physically) of something.
    • Bolton were then just inches from taking the lead, but the dangerous-looking Taylor drilled just wide after picking up a loose ball following Jose Bosingwa's poor attempted clearance. 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1-0 Bolton”, in BBC:
  22. (transitive) To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
    • And soon after, no-one picked up Shotton who was free to power a 12-yard header over from another Pennant corner, before Pennant sent a free kick straight at Cardiff keeper Tom Heaton. 2011 January 18, David Dulin, “Cardiff 0-2 Stoke”, in BBC:
  23. (transitive) To record; to notch up.
    • And the home side survived without any late scares to pick up the first win of their Group F campaign. 2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2-1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport:
  24. To behave in a manner that results in a foul.
  25. (US, transitive) To promote somebody who was previously passed over.
    • The list is about the same as when each class was commissioned, except for a small percentage who were passed over once or twice and then picked up. 1938, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Naval Affairs, Hearings on H.R. 9997 to Regulate the Distribution, Promotion, and Retirement of Officers of the Line of the Navy and for Other Purposes, page 3239:
    • […] there are now 98 officers of that rank who have been passed over one or more times, most of whom have little prospect of being picked up by future selection boards but will await only the completion of 21 years' service before going on the retired list. 1937, United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings, volume 2, page 141:

Forms

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picking up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
picked up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
picked up Tense=Past lexicographic
picks up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Antonyms

drop off · mess up · put down · drop off

Deriveds

pick up what someone is laying down · pick-up goods · pick up speed · pick oneself up off the floor · pick up the slack · pickup · pick-up · pick up the threads · pick up the threads of · pick it up · pick up the tab · pick up the phone · pick up the pace · pickupable · pick up stompies · picker-upper · pick up steam · pick-up joint · pick-me-up · pick-up game · pick up on · pick-up sticks · pick up what someone is putting down · pick up the pieces · pick up line · pick up one's marbles and go home · pick up the mantle · pick up one's crumbs · pick up stitches · pick up the ball and run with it

Synonyms

hit on · pick up the phone · take up · learn · blag · rizz up

Translations (345)

lt pakelti (to lift; to grasp and raise) · hu folytat (to restart or resume) · nb forføre (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · es tirar los tejos (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · bg взимам (to lift; to grasp and raise) · bg подобрявам се (to improve, increase, or speed up) · uk покращуватися (to improve, increase, or speed up) · ta கட்டு (to pay for) · de mitnehmen (to collect an object, especially in passing) · cmn 舉起 /举起 (to lift; to grasp and raise) · ru улу́чшиться (to improve, increase, or speed up) · pl zrozumieć (to learn, to grasp; to begin to understand) · es recoger (to collect a passenger) · fr collecter (to collect an object, especially in passing) · ta கூட்டிக்கொண்டு போ (to collect a passenger) · gl facer as beiras (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · th จีบ (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · nb sjekke opp (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · ta எடு (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · pt pegar (to receive (a signal)) · fi ottaa samalla (to collect an object, especially in passing) · de aufnehmen (to lift; to grasp and raise) · pl poderwać (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · ja ナンパする (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · de auffangen (to receive (a signal)) · he לקח (to lift; to grasp and raise) · de mitkriegen (to notice, detect or discern) · it alzare (to lift; to grasp and raise) · de jemanden aufreißen (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · de weitermachen (to restart or resume) · hu felvesz (to lift; to grasp and raise) · gl levantar (to lift; to grasp and raise) · fi oppia (to learn, to grasp; to begin to understand) · ang befōn (to learn, to grasp; to begin to understand) · vi lượm (to lift; to grasp and raise) · fi poimia (to collect a passenger) · ang ġeniman (to collect an object, especially in passing) · de sich erfangen (to improve, increase, or speed up) · bg забивам (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · ta எடு (to improve, increase, or speed up) · ru возобнови́ть (to restart or resume) · vi lụm (to lift; to grasp and raise) · pl robić zaloty (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · az tutmaq (to receive (a signal)) · de sich anstecken (to collect an object, especially in passing) · bg разтребвам (to clean up; restore to an organized state) · cmn 拾 (to lift; to grasp and raise) · hu felszed (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · de aufgabeln (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · it tirare su (to lift; to grasp and raise) · es reanudar (to restart or resume) · sk zdvihnúť (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · es tirar los trastos (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · ca respondre (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · pl zaczynać (to restart or resume) · fi panna merkille (to notice, detect or discern) · el σηκώνω (to lift; to grasp and raise) · th รับ (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · ru взять тру́бку (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · es asir (to lift; to grasp and raise) · de aufbauen (to reduce the despondency of) · ta கிடை (to receive (a signal)) · ang onfōn (to learn, to grasp; to begin to understand) · es buscar (to collect a passenger) · de wieder aufnehmen (to restart or resume) · es descolgar (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · ang hāwian (to notice, detect or discern) · uk підбира́ти (to collect a passenger) · fi poimia (to lift; to grasp and raise) · pt pegar (to lift; to grasp and raise) · th ยก (to lift; to grasp and raise) · ru возобновля́ть (to restart or resume) · ru подобра́ть (to collect a passenger) · ca notar (to notice, detect or discern) · pl zajechać (to collect an object, especially in passing) · ca arreplegar (to collect an object, especially in passing) · chr ᎠᏓᎾᎩᎠ (to lift; to grasp and raise) · th เก็บ (to collect an object, especially in passing) · hu erősödik (to improve, increase, or speed up) · pl podwalać się (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · ca agafar (to learn, to grasp; to begin to understand) · he אָסַף (to collect a passenger) · ja 拾う (to lift; to grasp and raise) · fr draguer (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · de empfangen (to receive (a signal)) · de abnehmen (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · clt haa (to lift; to grasp and raise) · cmn 拿起 (to lift; to grasp and raise) · pl wyhaczać (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · pl sprzątać (to clean up; restore to an organized state) · pl podnosić (to lift; to grasp and raise) · hu állja (to pay for) · fi ymmärtää (to learn, to grasp; to begin to understand) · de aufwärtsgehen (to improve, increase, or speed up) · fr capter (to receive (a signal)) · es contestar (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · ru подобра́ть (to collect an object, especially in passing) · de sich berappeln (to improve, increase, or speed up) · de aufheben (to lift; to grasp and raise) · pl podnieść się (to improve, increase, or speed up) · fi nousta (to improve, increase, or speed up) · bg взимам (to collect a passenger) · fi iskeä (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · ne उठाउनु (to lift; to grasp and raise) · fi vastata (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · cmn 撿 /捡 (to lift; to grasp and raise) · th หยิบ (to lift; to grasp and raise) · pl odebrać (to collect a passenger) · hu elhoz (to collect a passenger) · ru подобра́ть (to lift; to grasp and raise) · ca remuntar (to improve, increase, or speed up) · cmn 拾取 (to lift; to grasp and raise) · fur cuei (to lift; to grasp and raise) · sk vyzdvihnúť (to collect a passenger) · ru забра́ть (to collect a passenger) · pt pegar (to collect a passenger) · it raccogliere (to collect an object, especially in passing) · fr décrocher (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · pt apanhar (to collect a passenger) · gl apañar (to lift; to grasp and raise) · ga pioc suas (to lift; to grasp and raise) · de aufschnappen (to receive (a signal)) · ja 乗せる (to collect a passenger) · es mejorar (to improve, increase, or speed up) · chr ᎠᏱᎭ (to lift; to grasp and raise) · gd tog (to lift; to grasp and raise) · is lyfta (to lift; to grasp and raise) · he אסף (to lift; to grasp and raise) · hu érte megy (to collect a passenger) · de fortsetzen (to restart or resume) · tr almak (to collect a passenger) · ang onfōn (to receive (a signal)) · bg забелязвам (to notice, detect or discern) · bg разбирам (to learn, to grasp; to begin to understand) · eo repreni (to lift; to grasp and raise) · de bezahlen (to pay for) · de abschleppen (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · fi jatkaa (to restart or resume) · fi maksaa (to pay for) · hu felszed (to collect an object, especially in passing) · de auffangen (to reduce the despondency of) · sk chytiť (to receive (a signal)) · ang hebban (to lift; to grasp and raise) · eo preni (to lift; to grasp and raise) · aeb هَزّ (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · ur اٹھانا (to lift; to grasp and raise) · ru поднима́ть (to lift; to grasp and raise) · cmn 拾起 (to lift; to grasp and raise) · de wieder loslegen (to restart or resume) · dsb jěś pó (to collect a passenger) · ru подбира́ть (to collect an object, especially in passing) · ru ула́вливать (to learn, to grasp; to begin to understand) · ru брать тру́бку (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · uk підбира́ти (to lift; to grasp and raise) · da tage (to lift; to grasp and raise) · fr soulever (to lift; to grasp and raise) · de sich etwas zuziehen (to collect an object, especially in passing) · ta எடு (to lift; to grasp and raise) · ca captar (to receive (a signal)) · hu javul (to improve, increase, or speed up) · es ligotear (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · de verbessern (to improve, increase, or speed up) · hu érzékel (to notice, detect or discern) · ta வாங்கு (to collect an object, especially in passing) · fr prendre (qqn en voiture) (to collect a passenger) · de sich erholen (to improve, increase, or speed up) · it abbordare (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · ur لینا (to collect a passenger) · ja 迎えに行く (to collect a passenger) · uk прибратися (to clean up; restore to an organized state) · gu જવાબ આપવું (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · bg вдигам (to lift; to grasp and raise) · da samle (to lift; to grasp and raise) · de holen (to collect a passenger) · fi ottaa kyytiin (to collect a passenger) · pt captar (to receive (a signal)) · pl posprzątać (to clean up; restore to an organized state) · de verführen (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · pl odebrać (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · de abheben (to lift; to grasp and raise) · pl zacząć (to restart or resume) · ca recollir (to collect a passenger) · pt pegar (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · de aufschnappen (to notice, detect or discern) · de bemerken (to notice, detect or discern) · uk покращитися (to improve, increase, or speed up) · hu észrevesz (to notice, detect or discern) · sk dvíhať (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · fr prendre (to collect an object, especially in passing) · es pepenar (to lift; to grasp and raise) · pt atender (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · de aufklauben (to collect an object, especially in passing) · fi vastaanottaa (to receive (a signal)) · hu fizet (to pay for) · hu újrakezd (to restart or resume) · ang fōn (to restart or resume) · nl oppakken (to lift; to grasp and raise) · ale lal (to lift; to grasp and raise) · ang gȳman (to notice, detect or discern) · hu elvisz (to collect a passenger) · de aufnehmen (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · ru подцепи́ть (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · ru подбира́ть (to lift; to grasp and raise) · fr chercher (to collect a passenger) · de aufgreifen (to collect a passenger) · hi उठाना (to lift; to grasp and raise) · sk pokračovať (to restart or resume) · ca agafar (to lift; to grasp and raise) · de begreifen (to learn, to grasp; to begin to understand) · is byrja (to restart or resume) · ota طورلامق (to collect an object, especially in passing) · ast recoyer (to lift; to grasp and raise) · ca tirar la canya (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · it elevare (to lift; to grasp and raise) · de auflesen (to collect a passenger) · pt buscar (to collect a passenger) · ca captar (to learn, to grasp; to begin to understand) · es remontar (to improve, increase, or speed up) · nb sjekke (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · bo བསྒྲུགས (to collect an object, especially in passing) · fr saisir (comprendre) (to learn, to grasp; to begin to understand) · uk підніма́ти (to lift; to grasp and raise) · ja 拾い上げる (to lift; to grasp and raise) · de sich errappeln (to improve, increase, or speed up) · ru подня́ть (to lift; to grasp and raise) · de aufnehmen (to collect an object, especially in passing) · fr noter (to notice, detect or discern) · sk dvíhať sa (to improve, increase, or speed up) · ur چُکانا (to pay for) · de kapieren (to learn, to grasp; to begin to understand) · vi đón (to collect a passenger) · de einsammeln (to collect a passenger) · ar قَطَفَ (to lift; to grasp and raise) · de wieder einsetzen (to restart or resume) · ru забира́ть (to collect a passenger) · gu ઉપાડવું (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · de aufnehmen (to collect a passenger) · ca millorar (to improve, increase, or speed up) · bcl purot (to lift; to grasp and raise) · de hochheben (to lift; to grasp and raise) · es meter fichas (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · uk забира́ти (to collect a passenger) · sk vyzdvihnúť (to collect an object, especially in passing) · ca despenjar (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · ru подцепля́ть (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · de bergauf gehen (to improve, increase, or speed up) · hu vesz (to receive (a signal)) · de wieder beginnen (to restart or resume) · fi siivota (to clean up; restore to an organized state) · de übernehmen (to pay for) · pl podnosić się (to improve, increase, or speed up) · de mitbekommen (to notice, detect or discern) · ko 작업하다 (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · pt coletar (to collect an object, especially in passing) · ta தொடர் (to restart or resume) · grc ἀναλέγω (to clean up; restore to an organized state) · ca reprendre (to restart or resume) · uk прибиратися (to clean up; restore to an organized state) · is hefja (to lift; to grasp and raise) · de hochnehmen (to lift; to grasp and raise) · pt levantar (to collect an object, especially in passing) · es captar (to learn, to grasp; to begin to understand) · nb plukke opp (noen) (to collect a passenger) · sk chytať (to receive (a signal)) · cs vyzvednout (to collect a passenger) · sk zdvihnúť (to lift; to grasp and raise) · es repuntar (to improve, increase, or speed up) · chr ᎠᎩᎠ (to lift; to grasp and raise) · tr ayarlamak (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · tr tavlamak (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · pl bałamucić (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · de verstehen (to learn, to grasp; to begin to understand) · cmn 接 (to collect a passenger) · nn plukka opp (to lift; to grasp and raise) · de auflesen (to collect an object, especially in passing) · fi huomata (to notice, detect or discern) · hu felvesz (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · hu kifizet (to pay for) · th รับ (to collect a passenger) · hu felvesz (to collect a passenger) · ru улучша́ться (to improve, increase, or speed up) · vi nhặt (to lift; to grasp and raise) · tr düşürmek (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · ru улови́ть (to learn, to grasp; to begin to understand) · es retomar (to restart or resume) · gl recoller (to lift; to grasp and raise) · sk zbaliť (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · pl zajeżdżać impf po (to collect an object, especially in passing) · ca comprendre (to learn, to grasp; to begin to understand) · de abheben (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · he הרים (to lift; to grasp and raise) · fi kasvaa (to improve, increase, or speed up) · hy վերցնել (to lift; to grasp and raise) · es captar (to receive (a signal)) · de aufräumen (to clean up; restore to an organized state) · ms ngorat (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · es recoger (to collect an object, especially in passing) · fr reprendre (to restart or resume) · nb hente (noen) (to collect a passenger) · ang ġeniman (to collect a passenger) · nl optillen (to lift; to grasp and raise) · pl chodzić za kimś (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · pl smalić cholewki (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · de jemanden abkriegen (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · es coger (to lift; to grasp and raise) · de abholen (to collect a passenger) · uk підчепи́ти (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · ta தொடங்கு (to restart or resume) · ru подбира́ть (to collect a passenger) · hu elmegy érte (to collect a passenger) · fr s'améliorer (to improve, increase, or speed up) · ga tóg (to learn, to grasp; to begin to understand) · fr prendre (ex: l'appel) (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · hu megerősödik (to improve, increase, or speed up) · ko 마중하다 (to collect a passenger) · hu érzékel (to receive (a signal)) · de sich fangen (to improve, increase, or speed up) · hu összegyűjt (to collect an object, especially in passing) · de wahrnehmen (to notice, detect or discern) · pt recolher (to collect an object, especially in passing) · ta கவனி (to notice, detect or discern) · hu felemel (to lift; to grasp and raise) · km ប្រមូល (to collect an object, especially in passing) · km រើស (to lift; to grasp and raise) · pl podrywać (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · de sich bessern (to improve, increase, or speed up) · ast apañar (to lift; to grasp and raise) · ur اُٹھانا (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) · tr kaldırmak (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · it sollevare (to lift; to grasp and raise) · de fortfahren (to restart or resume) · hu összeszed (to collect an object, especially in passing) · ang gieldan (to pay for) · hu felcsíp (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · es recolectar (to collect an object, especially in passing) · it prendere (to collect a passenger) · km ទទួល (to collect a passenger) · bg хващам (to receive (a signal)) · ko 줍다 (to lift; to grasp and raise) · fi nostaa (to lift; to grasp and raise) · it adescare (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) · sk zdvihnúť sa (to improve, increase, or speed up) · ang āhebban (to lift; to grasp and raise) · eu jaso (to lift; to grasp and raise) · pl podnieść (to lift; to grasp and raise)